Cool Fish Tank Decoration

In
this article you’ll find some info about various types of tank
decorations and what to take under consideration, when you purchase,
arrange and select them. Decorating the fish tank is not wonderful
only for the aquarists, but the fish will respect a decorated tank
instead of a barren. If you arrange it properly, it will provide a
more natural environment for the fish and give them lots of hiding
spaces and natural borders. The amount of aggression among the fish
is reduced by forming these borders. In order to calm down old fish
in your tank when you bring in the new ones, you can break the
borders and change the entire decoration, and make the old fish less
“territorial” and avoid conflicts that are, otherwise, bound to
happen.

Cave
dwelling species will love tank decorations that make holes, caves
and crevices.

Some
fish will appreciate many types of hiding places and lots of plants
in their environment. A curious fish can perk up, if you connect it
to a plastic diver that blows bubbles. Tank decorations including
plants can be more than just a beautifully decorated tank. Plants
will bind oxygenate and carbon dioxide. By potentially removing
harmful compounds, plants will use organic waste products as
nutrition.

Some
fish-keepers use aquatic plants to provide all this, and also as a
canaries in the tank. If the water goes bad, the plant will be the
first one to die, and the fish-keepers will notice an issue and be
able to sort it out before any of the fish dies. Some people don’t
like to decorate their tanks and find it tacky, but fish don’t know
anything about tacky- they know to hide, find sheltering places, and
things to explore. Now, you can find many interesting and tasteful
decorations and designs that are worth your while. It’s a usual
thing that the tank decorations consist of natural materials like
wood, rock or coral. These natural materials are usually used in
tanks arranged to look natural as much as possible. A tank can be
like a piece of furniture to you, and a habitat for the fish. It’s
good to set up the natural environment of the specie you keep. For
example, if you have Tanganyika cichlids, you can arrange the tank to
look like a replica of Lake Tanganyika.

There
are many different artificial decorations that can contribute to the
arrangement. In an aquarium of plant eating fish, plastic plants
would be an excellent solution. Artificial anemones and coral
replicas are commonly used in saltwater tanks. If you’re a beginner
in this field, it is recommended to keep a tank made for fish only,
because handling corals and anemones will be hard for you.

Opposite
to the natural looking arrangements there are lots of decorations
that wouldn’t be normally found in a river, a sea or a lake. You
can purchase fantasy sea monsters or pyramids. Shipwrecks, bones,
skulls and treasure boxes are very popular, too. Some aquarists like
the idea to decorate their tank with temple ruins and statues. It is
of big importance that you only use tank decorations that are safe to
use in tanks (which is something that does sound logical).

If
you own a saltwater tank, you should provide saltwater safe
decorations. If you decide to decorate your tank with things you’ve
found somewhere in the house, don’t do it because it may leak toxic
compounds. It’s not that unlikely to see that the fish die from the
poisoning because some materials contain other minerals that will be
soon dissolved in the water. If you take wood or stones from nature
you can introduce many unnecessary things to you tank - fungus,
viruses, parasites, bacteria etc.

Conclusion

You
should know that you can add some tank furniture and plants in the
aquarium before or after adding the water. It’s easier to put the
decorations to an empty tank, although it requires some creativity
and imagination to anticipate how it will all look when everything’s
set. Remember that some heavy tank materials like rocks should be
added last because they can help the spreading of the load across the
aquarium more evenly. I hope you have learned something you didn’t
know, and it’s clear to you now, how decorating the aquarium
approximately looks and feels like.

Author
Bio:

Ivan
Dimitrijevic has a passion for social media and business, home,
design & lifestyle related topics, which can be attested to by
various articles he has had published on topics such as Indoor
Aquarium Supplies and Fish Tanks and Marine
Aquariums and Coral Reef Tanks. He has a good deal of
experience writing about aquarium brands like Fluval and BiOrb. As a
husband and father, Ivan likes to emphasize the importance of leading
a healthy lifestyle.

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